Caribana 2012


Caribana 2012 is one of the most awaited times of the year. It is one of the magnificent and biggest festivals of the year only happening in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It does not only reflect Canada’s centennial but also the contributing factor of the Caribbean culture and traditions. After its 45 years of continually celebration, it just keeps getting more enormous and infectious for many people since through the years it has expanded with thousand of events and happenings.
Millions of people from all over the US visit Toronto to experience this North America’s largest festival. Caribana shows the old style way of celebration and it evolved after many years to entertain modern people. Different types of people go to the festival to celebrate and have the best weekend vacation. But wait there’s more! Influential celebrities are also throwing events in different clubs across Toronto which also makes the event more enjoyable. So if you want a really exciting and glamorous night out, you can check out those events.
Caribana will officially start on the 17th of July to the 5th of August at Nathan Philips Square, with Scotiabank Caribana Official Launch. What was once a three day celebration now became a three week festival. Live music with a selection of sumptuous food expertly prepared from varieties of the best Jamaican, Trinidadian and Cuban cuisine. From Ackee and salt fish, pelau, moros, jerk chicken, curry chicken and many more, you surely would not want to miss this mouth watering treat!
If you have an ear for music you will surely enjoy the event of Pan alive where the best of steel band orchestras will perform and compete for the title of 2012 Caribana’s Best Steel Band. The highlight of this festival is the Caribana parade happening on Exhibition Place and Lakeshore Boulevard. Thousands of brilliant costumed masquerades will surely satisfy your eye. During the parade, dozens of trucks carrying live artists and best DJ’s playing pulsating music of Calypso, Soca, Reggae R&B, Hip Hop and Dancehall will surely let you dance to the beat.
One of the most awaited events in the festival is the Caribana “King and Queen” show where the leaders of the parade will show off and perform with their best ravishing costumes in front of the enthusiastic audiences and parade judges. There are hundreds of events in clubs ranging from free of charge, to average entrance fee, to highclass extravagant fees. Meet new people and share the high energy with the collaboration beats of modern Calypso, Soca, Reggae and Dancehall. Aside from experiencing clubs from urban areas, you will also feel the Caribbean way. So if you are tired of the same old routine of spending your vacation, here comes a different event for you which I’m sure will be a memorable one.
If you are busy person from New York, Chicago, Houston and other parts of the US, give yourself a break on weekend and might as well check this festival for a different vacation experience. Feel the Caribbean spirit and have time to relax while travelling. Pamper yourself and be ready for this once a year experience only happening in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Never miss this opportunity to visit one of the most extravagant events!
If you want a hustle free reservation for accommodations in hotels, motels, bed and breakfast and also for bus and flight reservation, car rental and even advance concert tickets, we can help you in no time. All you have to do is visit our website.
For your further inquiries you should definitely check out this site and we will be more than happy to make your Caribana experience worth remembering. Come now and visit this site and we will be your tour guide for your once in a lifetime Caribana Experience!

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Fun Fun in Caribana

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The Caribana Costumes

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Kids Participate in Caribana Festival

Kids Participate in Caribana Festival.

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Kids Participate in Caribana Festival

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The Caribana Parade

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The Caribana Street Party

The Caribana Street Party

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Dancing in the Streets!!

Dancing in the Streets!! Caribana Parade 2012

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Shake It!

Shake It!
Caribana Parade 2012

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Invite People to Caribana

Are you a Haitian who is working in New York? How about a Jamaican music lover from Chicago? A Puerto Rican from Philadelphia who is planning to travel or from the Caribbean that is living in America? Good news! The Caribana Festival will be celebrating its 45th year anniversary. Caribana is a festival of Caribbean culture and traditions held each summer in the city of Toronto, OntarioCanada. It is an event that has been billed as North America’s largest street festival with more than a million visitors each year. The event will start on the 17th of July and it will end on the 5th of August.

We all know that music is an important part of Caribbean culture. The types of music that are associated with this event are Calypso, Soca, Reggae, Dancehall and with a combination of Hip Hop and R&B. With these types of music, I’m sure everyone will be busy dancing and street partying! Aside from music, magnificent and extravagant costume is one of the main attractions for this occasion. It only shows how brilliant and colorful Caribbean culture and heritage is.

Of course, the Caribana Festival will not be complete without its delicious and flavorsome Caribbean cuisine. Are you longing for Caribbean food? Caribana Festival is the best place to go! Here’s some of the most mouth –watering Caribbean food that you love.

The famous Curry Chicken from Trinidad and Tobago. This delicious dish was introduced to the islands by indentured Indian workers. The dish was very similar to the chicken curry dish of India, compromising mostly of curry with few chicken pieces. However, poultry in Trinidad and Tobago was so readily available the dish began consisting of mainly chicken, spiced with curry. Curry chicken will make your mouth on fire!

The Caribbean Curried goat is a popular dish in Jamaica which is served at festivals and parties. It is almost always served with rice and, in restaurants in North America and Great Britain, other typically Carribean side dishes such as fried plantain may be served as an accompaniment. Curried goat on a steaming hot day, what more could you want? Everybody loves curried goat!

Jerked Chicken is a priceless traditional recipe of Jamaican cooking in which meats are marinated in a unique blend of herbs and spices, and then char grilled to succulent perfection. It is a popular recipe among spicy food fans all over America. This amazing chicken recipe is great paired with cold and crunchy coleslaw.

Craving for fried fish Caribbean style? Well, the Caribana Festival is the best opportunity for you to taste it! Fried fish is favorite dish among Caribbean islands, especially at Carnival time. Crispier, the better!

Another Caribbean classic dish is the chicken stew. It is well seasoned and the sauce should not be as thick as a curry and not too watery. It is always best served with rice and peas and West Indian pepper sauce.

Everyone loves roti! It is the fast food of the Caribbean especially in Trinidad. There are popular types of Roti like Dhal Puri, Paratha Roti, Sada Roti, Dosti Roti, Aloo Roti and Pepper Roti.

Oxtail with Rice is a main dish which is popular in Jamaica and Trinidad. It is the culinary name for the tail of cattle. Formerly, it referred only to the tail of an ox or steer, a castrated male. It typically weighs 2 to 4 lbs. This is best on rice, mashed potato, roasted breadfruit, even roti or bread.

Ackee and saltfish is a traditional Jamaican dish, internationally known as Jamaica’s national dish. It is usually served in breakfast and. Ackee tastes and looks like scrambled eggs, it’s creamy when cooked with natural notes of sweetness that contrasts well with the saltiness of the saltfish, sauteed with onions, tomatoes, sweet, hot & black peppers and herbs. This is a dish that is much sought after at home and abroad.

Caribbean culture is the heart of the Caribana Festival. There’s a lot of reason why you should go and travel with your friends, family and loved ones. Staying here makes you feel like you’re never away from home. 

 

 

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Caribana Festival 2012

Make up your calendar and make way for the biggest event this summer! Only happening in the beautiful place of Toronto, Ontario, Canada!

Caribana 2012 is the biggest festival in North America. It was once a three day event when it started in 1967, but through the years the good vibes of this event became infectious that it turned out to be a three week event. It’s a festival with hundreds of events and millions of people from all over North America who want to experience this magnificent event.

What are the events in Caribana 2012?

Caribana also known as the Scotiabank Caribana Official Festival will happen on the 17th of July at Nathan Phillips Square in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

However, this is only the beginning because hundreds of events will happen all around Toronto. To name a few are Pan Alive, Junior Carnival Parade, King and Queen Show and the most exciting part of this event is the Scotiabank Caribana Grand Parade. Pan Alive is a highly entertaining steel pan competition where the best of steel pan bands from all over North America will perform and compete for the title of The Best Steel Band of Caribana 2012. This will happen on the 3rd of August at the Lamport Stadium, Toronto. Meanwhile, the Junior Carnival Parade gives the children an opportunity to participate in this grand event, by showing off their colorful masquerade costumes while dancing in the streets. This event will take place in the DownsviewPark, Toronto. The junior’s parade contemporary is the Caribana King and Queen Show, where the leaders of the Caribana parade ‘Mas Bands’ will show off their best designed costumes and perform in front of the parade judges and the very enthusiastic audiences. This event will fire up on the 2nd of August at the Lamport Stadium, Toronto.

The main highlight of this year’s Caribana event is of course, The Caribana Grand Parade that will happen on the 4th of August at the Exhibition Place and Lakeshore Boulevard, where thousands of people wearing their amazing designed masquerades while dancing to the Caribbean beat featuring Calypso, Soca, Chutney, Reggae, Dancehall and Hip Hop music, which will surely feed your desire to dance all day and all night. Aside from the colorful event, many selections of Jamaican, Trinidadian and Cuban cuisine will make you love the celebration and crave for more!

Nevertheless, those are only few events that you’ll be expecting in this Caribana event of 2012. If you want to party more, there are many clubs that features what you’re craving for… the Caribana way! Don’t miss to attend the spectacular party at Caribana festival since there will be an array of choices that will satisfy your party level.

We are inviting all the Haitians, Jamaicans, Puerto Ricans, Trinidadians, Antiguans and all the people of the Caribbean to participate in this glorious event. Whether you are from New York, Chicago, Houston, Philadelphia and other part of the US, we want you to come and join us to be a part of this wonderful experience. It’s only happening in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Joining this event will give you an opportunity to experience the beautiful cultures and traditions of people from the Caribbean. Aside from that, you can see and explore the stunning beauty of Toronto, Canada. CN Tower, Eaton Centre, The Rogers Centre, Air Canada Centre, Ontario Place, Canada’s Wonderland and the CentreIsland are some of the places that you must see.

The CN Tower, a communication and observation tower is the most popular scenery in Toronto since Guinness World of Record designated CN Tower as the World’s Tallest Free-Standing Tower standing at 1,815.4 ft. tall and it is Canada’s most recognizable icon. At the top of the CN Tower you will find a revolving restaurant, nightclub, souvenir shop and café. If you want to feel like touching the sky, you must visit this place downtown Toronto.

Eaton Centre is the largest mall in downtown Toronto, and it’s a place like no other for its spectacular glass galleria that soars above a fascinating selection of more than 230 stores, restaurants and services. This is a unique destination that offers urban privacy and exciting possibilities every time you visit.

The Rogers Centre, also known as the sky dome is the first stadium in the whole world with retractable motorized roof. It is a multi-purpose stadium, situated next to the CN Tower, near the shores of LakeOntario. It has also 348 room hotel attached to it and 70 rooms overlooking the field. It is best to visit this stadium specially this summer if you want to watch a Toronto Blue Jays Game of Major League Baseball.

Next on the list is the Air Canada Centre, a multi-purpose indoor sporting arena situated on Bay Street in Downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It features a revolutionary design where there are luxury suites accessible on the ground floor, splitting the main scoreboard into several sections and a multiple restaurants in and out of the main arena view. It is the home of the Toronto Raptors of the NBA and the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey Team.

Meanwhile, Ontario Place is a multiple entertainment and seasonal waterfront. It is open from May to September and one of the best places to visit in Toronto especially this summer as it is called a “people friendly place”. Family should definitely visit this place and experience the five pod pavilion complex, the Forum, pedal boats, a marina, restaurants and the world’s first permanent IMAX theatre, the Cinespehere.

Canada’s wonderland is an amusement park situated in Vaughan, Ontario, Canada that is open seasonally from May to October and it has 200 attractions in eight differently themed areas. There are also new attractions here like the Leviathan, Dinosaurs Alive and the Fast Lane; children will surely want to check this out this summer.

Last but not the least is the CentreIsland, it is just a few minutes away by ferry, and it is truly worth visiting. CentreIsland’s most popular attraction is the CentrevilleAmusement Park which features more than 30 rides and games.

Be part of the remarkable Caribana 2012 and experience the beauty, excitement and fun in Toronto, Canada. Visiting Toronto is truly an amazing experience all year round. If you want a hustle free reservation for accommodations in hotels, motels, bed and breakfast, and want to travel thru bus or plane, or wants car rental and even advance concert tickets, we are happy to serve and assist you. We will make your Caribana experience worth remembering and make you want to come back. For more inquiries please visit our website and we will help you in no time!

 

 
Caribana Parade 2012

Caribana 2012 Dance Party

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